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Fico: New Nuclear Facility Project Can Be Anytime Revived

Fico: New Nuclear Facility Project Can Be Anytime Revived

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The situation concerning construction and investment in nuclear facilities has extremely changed, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a news conference in Bratislava on Tuesday within the 11th session of the European Nuclear Energy Forum. Fico was answering the question concerning the development of the so-called

State Revenues Should Rise by €397 Million in 2016

State Revenues Should Rise by €397 Million in 2016

Bratislava, September 30 (TASR) – According to the Financial Policy Institute (IFP), which comes under the remit of the Finance Ministry, the state coffers should be infilled with more money this year, TASR learnt on Friday. This is due to a change in estimates of revenues stemming from the collection of

Url: Food Safety in EU and Slovakia at Very High Level

Url: Food Safety in EU and Slovakia at Very High Level

Bratislava, September 27 (TASR) – Food safety in the EU and Slovakia is at a very high level, said European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) general director Bernard Url in Bratislava on Tuesday. Url is on a working trip to Bratislava to attend a session of the EFSA Advisory Forum on September

EIF and CSOB Officials Sign First Agreements on Support to SMEs

EIF and CSOB Officials Sign First Agreements on Support to SMEs

Bratislava, September 26 (TASR) – Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund (EIF) Pier Luigi Gilibert and Ceskoslovenska Obchodna Banka (CSOB) general director Daniel Kollar signed the first two agreements on provision of guarantees for small and medium-sized companies in Slovakia in Bratislava on Monday, TASR learnt. These agreements are part

Ziga: Concluding TTIP by End of This Year Unrealistic

Ziga: Concluding TTIP by End of This Year Unrealistic

Bratislava, September 23 (TASR) – It’s unrealistic to expect that negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and USA will be completed by the end of 2016, said Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga at a press conference following an informal meeting of EU economy and

Greenpeace Activists Climb SNP Bridge to Unveil Anti-TTIP Banner

Greenpeace Activists Climb SNP Bridge to Unveil Anti-TTIP Banner

Bratislava, September 23 (TASR) – Ten Greenpeace activists from Slovakia, Austria and Croatia climbed up to the UFO restaurant on top of the SNP Bridge on the Danube River in Bratislava on Friday to unveil a ten-metre banner stating ‘No TTIP’. The move was aimed at sending a message to EU

Slovak Trade Unions Joining European Initiative against CETA Inking

Slovak Trade Unions Joining European Initiative against CETA Inking

Bratislava, September 22 (TASR) – European civil and consumer organisations as well as trade unions are calling on representatives of EU-member states to reject the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada, TASR learnt on Thursday. Slovak Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) at a press conference earlier this